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Since we are heavily involved in the area of online liquidation sales at the moment we feel that there should be explanations about how these items come to be resold and the possible problems, resolutions and also the long term implications for the software vendors and the general public.

We are sellers on eBay, Amazon, Atomic Mall, and our own site CCGShop up to this point. We specialize in the resale of liquidation computer hardware and software. We purchase larger lots of liquidated items online and at auctions and sell them individually online. These items are mostly returned merchandise from Best Buy, Amazon and other "big box" stores. For the most part we are talking about decent profit margins despite the huge bites the host sites and the payment processors take. Actually we do not buy it unless it fits a profile that allows us to profit after everyone else has and still be the lowest price that we can find on the internet!

The biggest problem with the software liquidation side of this business are the dishonest previous owners that return installed and activated software to the retailers. The big box retailers liquidate the returns because it is easier and more price effective than returning the items to the individual vendors. The vendors are also happy that they do not have to deal with the returns. We are glad when we can buy them for 10-25% of retail and sell for 50-75% off retail. The customers are happy when they can purchase the software fro us at this greatly reduced rate... right? About 90% of the time this is the case and everybody is happy, but the other (actually less than) 10% of the time the customer gets his software only to find that it will not activate because the previous owner is using it! Luckily, most software vendors will provide a new key if you can provide proof that you are in possession of the original retail package and media. Microsoft only requires that you possess the "COA" or Certificate of Authenticity. Unfortunately some vendors will still refuse to activate and we hope to compile a list to post on our site and possibly here.

The bottom line here is to remember that if you are buying "used", liquidated, or returned software to remember that the money you are saving comes with the risk of some inconvenience. We have been doing this for almost 10 years now and decided some time ago that the benefits far outweigh the problems. We as an eBay Powerseller and with any of the transactions we do will refund the item if it will not activate. That for us falls under our "DOA" or "Dead On Arrival" Policy.

We are starting this blog to encourage our friends, customers and those interested in becoming one of the above to interact with us; post questions, inquiries, and comments. We also welcome technical information about the items we work with and links to more information. We do ask that the content here remains in a professional context of technology solutions.

We are a Information Technology sales and service provider located in Western Pennsylvania. We have more than 25 years of excellent customer service experience. We have a great eBay following for our lightly used, refurbished and brand new Computer Accessories, Software and Audio products. We are known locally for our design, install and maintenance services. Our people have worked in Europe, in Washington D.C., for royalty and bureaucrats; for people of all social and economical levels. We find the solution that you need and that fits your budget.

Our goal with everything we do is to offer the best value and the best service anywhere online or off. We seek sources out to purchase with the sole goal in mind that we can resell for the lowest price we can find on the internet and still make money. In the last 4 years we have built a formidable online presence with our liquidation sales on eBay, Amazon, and our site ccgshop.com.

Going forward we hope we can generate some interest in this blog and this can become another tool in helping us grow our business, developing contacts and relationships.

Welcome to our blog! We hope to keep interesting dialogs here on current Tech trends and less published fixes and geek tools

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